speel

== English == === Alternative forms === speil, spele, speal, spiel, spael === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Early Scots speill (“to climb”), of obscure origin. From or akin to Early Scots spelare (“acrobat, tumbler”). Probably from Middle Dutch spelen (“to play, walk a tight rope, do gymnastic tricks, juggle, perform as an actor or clown”), see spiel. Alternately, representing a continuation of Middle English spilen, from Old English spilian (“to play”). ==== Verb ==== speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled) (dialect, Scottish and Northern English) To climb. 1832 March 5, Memoirs of a Paisley Baillie, The Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, &c., Glasgow, page 218, This I thocht at the time when he was speeling up the ladder before me in the Hie Kirk steeple ; but good breeding, at that particular time, keeped me from taking ony correck view of how things stood in that quarter. 1860, Hugh MacDonald, Days at the Coast: A Series of Sketches Descriptive of the Firth of Clyde, Glasgow, page 255, There is a comfortable inn at this picturesque spot, where those who purpose speeling the lofty Ben generally prepare for their arduous undertaking. === Etymology 2 === From English dialectal speel (“talk; lingo; patter”), short for bonspiel. Related to spiel. ==== Verb ==== speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled) To talk at length, to spiel. 1973, Irene Baird, Waste Heritage, Macmillan of Canada, page 262, “I must close now or I shall go on speeling all night. […] ” === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled) (dialect, Australia) To run. === Etymology 4 === Probably from Afrikaans speel. Compare Middle English spel (“a story; tale; narrative”). Doublet of spell and shpiel. ==== Noun ==== speel (plural speels) (chiefly South Africa) A story; a spiel. === Etymology 5 === Possibly related to spile. ==== Alternative forms ==== spool (dialectal, obsolete) ==== Noun ==== speel (plural speels) (Cumbria, Lincolnshire) A splinter; a strip of wood or metal. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 6 === Perhaps continuing Middle English spilen (“to revel, play”), from Old English spilian (“to revel, play”), from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Dutch spelen (“to play”), German spielen (“to play”), Luxembourgish spillen (“to play”), Icelandic spila (“to play”), Faroese spæla (“to play”), Swedish spela (“to play”), Danish spille (“to play”), Norwegian spille (“to play”). ==== Noun ==== speel (plural speels) (dialectal, rustic, Northern England, Scotland) A game. ==== Verb ==== speel (third-person singular simple present speels, present participle speeling, simple past and past participle speeled) (dialectal, rustic, Northern England, Scotland) To lake, play, sport, take amusement. ===== Derived terms ===== spieler ba-spiel ===== References ===== The Dictionary of the Scots Language The English dialect dictionary === Anagrams === LEEPs, Leeps, Lepes, peels, sleep == Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === speul (archaic) === Etymology === From Dutch spelen, from Middle Dutch spēlen, from Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɪə̯l/ === Verb === speel (present speel, present participle spelende, past participle gespeel) (transitive, intransitive) to play ==== Derived terms ==== speler == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːl === Verb === speel inflection of spelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === sleep, slepe, spele